Higher Education Information Sheet

EXAMS AND END OF YEAR RESULTS

HIGHEREDUCATIONINFORMATION SHEETS

Notification and timing of examsThe College’s Exams Team co-ordinate all examinations. Notifications of examinations that are due to take place are normally issued two weeks prior to the exam by letter and/or College email. Please retain this letter/email as you will need it to enter the examination. You should also double check the date via the College’s Pro-Portal system, time and location to ensure you know where to go on the day and receive notification of any changes to your exam. Please try and arrive at least 10 minutes early for your examination to ensure it can start on time.

What happens if I cannot attend an exam?Exams cannot be rescheduled to any other date. If you have other commitments on the day of a confirmed exam your exam date cannot not be moved. If you fail to attend an exam you will be marked as not attending and will receive a mark of zero. However, if miss an exam due to extenuating circumstances (something that happened that was outside of your control) you must notify your Programme Manager or the HE Quality Team at the earliest possible opportunity. You will be asked to complete a form providing information about the circumstances that affected you and to provide original evidence of the circumstance. If your circumstances are deemed to be valid then you may be offered the chance to sit the exam without any penalty being incurred during the summer.

Issue 1 — Jan 2015 Contents correct at time of publication

HIGHER EDUCATION INFORMATION SHEETS

Additional supportIt is important you notify the College well in advance of your exam if you think you have any additional learning needs. Learning support can only be provided if you have received a valid needs assessment that has been approved so you can access the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA). The DSA then provides the means to put in place the support you need. Ideally learning support needs should be flagged at the start of the year to the Additional Learning Support (ALS) Team, you can contact them by emailing learning.support@bridgwater.ac.uk

End of year results for exams and other assessed workResults are not final (including those from your assessed coursework) until they have been through and approved by an Examination or Assessment Board process. Results are released within a set timeframe following the date of the Examination or Assessment Board. The HE Quality Team can advise on the timescales as they vary between different university partners, however it is normally around 10 working days from the date of the Board. Results are issued in varying formats depending on who is responsible for releasing them. It is therefore important that your current address and email address are up to date with both the College and your university partner. It is also important that you know how to access online portals such as Blackboard or a university equivalent should your results be released through that method. If you are unsure you can contact the HE Quality Team on HE@bridgwater.ac.uk or ask your Programme Manager. Once you receive your results please ensure you read and check them carefully, any queries about them should be communicated immediately to the HE Quality Team by email on HE@bridgwater.ac.uk as there is only normally a short window in which any concerns can be addressed.

Process in the event of failure or referralIf you fail to pass an exam or another element of your assessed work you may be offered the chance to resit or resubmit it this is because you must (normally) pass all of your current year’s assessments before you can progress onto the next academic year and/or level of study. All arrangements will be confirmed to you in writing when your results are released. However if you have any queries about these arrangements please get in touch with the HE Quality Team immediately via HE@bridgwater.ac.uk

Resitting an exam or resubmitting courseworkIf you are offered the chance to resit an examination the window for this is normally during mid August (unless your studies commenced in January in which case resits are normally during March/April). Please note that you need to be available for this as failure to attend an examination, unless you can prove extenuating circumstances, will result in a mark of zero being recorded.

If you are offered the chance to resubmit coursework this is normally towards mid to late August. If you miss the deadline a mark of zero or a non-submission will be recorded. If you have any queries please get in touch with the HE Quality Team via HE@bridgwater.ac.uk

Results from referred work or resit examinations are considered by a Referred Exam/Assessment Board during September. Following decisions made at the Board your results will be released, again within set timeframes as above.